old.new.borrowed.blue

When you get married a fun tradition is to wear
something old: symbolic of continuity
something new: good luck to the brides future
something borrowed:borrowing something from a happily married wife to carry that happiness to your marriage
something blue: blue means faithfullness, loyality and purity

The past couple of weddings I have gone to , the brides had no idea about this tradition so I figured I would inform people about it because I definently want to wear all these on my wedding day! I have alwways known about this and it surprised me when my friends didnt.. I thought everyone knew about this tradition but I guess not..

Traditions around the world

I was trying to find a quote, considering we were assigned to have one in our blog this week but stumbled upon something interesting.... traditions for weddings in different cultures! For example:

African -Americans: Since African - Americans slaves were not permitted to get married, they would show there love by jumping over a broom to the beat of a drum.

German: The bride will carry salt and bread in her pocket to ensure bounty and the groom carries grain for wealth and good fortune

Polish: For a town wedding; friends weave a crown of rosemary leaves symbolizing remembrance for the bride.

Turkey: Before the bride walks down the aisle she asks her single bridesmaid to sign the bottom of her shoe and then after all the dancing at the end of the wedding , whoevers name is faded the most will get married next.

I thought that the turkey one was the most interesting out of all those...

After reading some of these traditions, I laughed because some of them are kinda stupid, but now that I think about it.. one tradition we do is the bride turns around and throws her bouquet in the air for all the single girls to catch and whoever catches is supposed to get married next.

Then a tradition for the groom is to either take the brides garder off with his hand or his mouth( depending how frisky he is haha) and throw it in the air to all the single guys and whoever catches it is supposed to get married next.

I bet if other cultures read that as one of our traditions, they would think that is quite weird also!


I got these tradtions for a wedding magazine called The knot.. there is alot of other really cool stuff on the site so if you would like to look here is the link

http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/wedding-customs/articles/9-favorite-wedding-traditions-from-around-the-world.aspx

Dream it.Plan it.Live it.

Wedding have always been intriguing to me especially when it came to planning my own. When I was just a little girl around ten years old , I was always thinking about how I wanted my own wedding. I decided to draw on a piece of paper how I wanted everything for my wedding. For example how I wanted my dress, shoes, veil, husband tux , the colors for my wedding etc. you name it I thought of it. Whenever I went to Walmart with my mom I would sit in the magazine aisle and just absorb every bit of information from those wedding magazines I possibly could to be able to make the wedding of my dreams. My first wedding I was able to attend I was sooooo excited to be there. I looked at every detail of the wedding from the most obvious decorations down to the design on the flower girl's shoes. When I was asked to be in my friends wedding this summer , I actually saw and was apart of everything that had to be done for the wedding and I LOVED it!!!!!Movies about wedding are of course my favorites like The Wedding Planner, Bride Wars, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 27 Dresses etc. After watching those movies and analyzing everything about them, I started realizing not only could I plan the wedding of my dreams, but help other people plan the wedding of there dreams! This past summer I had the opportunity to cater at weddings at a lodge! I went to so many amazing weddings and I just loved the atmosphere of it all. Who would of thought when I was ten years old fantasizing about how I wanted my wedding to be on a piece of paper, that I would be where I am now, in college with a major to become a wedding planner. Thank goodness for childhood dreams right?

rain rain go away..but please come back on my wedding day!

Todays weather is so gloomy! This kinda weather always ruins everyone's day it seems like!

I figured since it was raining all day and everyone thinks rain is annoying and puts everyone in a not so happy mood, today would be a perfect time to talk about a superstition about if it rains on someones wedding day.

When it rains on your wedding day, its good luck!!!


It comes from many cultures, mainly from Hindu with the idea that a wet knot it harder to untie, since marriage is often known as tying the knot. Rain was also a symbol of fertility to agricultural societies, since rain restored and maintained the wellness of crops.Crops were peoples main source to stability and income so it was thought to guarantee a long and happy marriage!


so you may not like the rain now, but you will if it rains on your wedding day =)

I <3 weddings

For my compositon 112 class we have to blog about something that is interesting to us. Something that I have always been intrigued by is weddings. Every since I was little I would always write down how I wanted my wedding and would look at wedding magazines any chance I could when I went to the store with my mom. Whenever I got invited to a wedding, I would be there in a heart beat. I always loved seeing the different set ups of each weddings and watching how each wedding was done. I'm going to school to be a wedding planner and cant wait to start my career. Now that you know how much I love weddings its obvious what all my blogs are going to be about! =)